, 1887-10-12

are the very serious party divisions, more
serious bec8use they have their deep roots IN
natural causes; there is the irreconcilable an
tagonism between the German desire Tor.
political liberty and the Prussian despotlc
spirit of government, the almost passionate
discussions, not to call it hatred, between
Catholics and Protestants; there Is the con.
~tinually growing and alarming INCUBUS OF
socialism there are the yearly recurring
rnmours of war. one day with France, anoth-
ar dav with Russia, a third day with both at
once: there is the consciousness Of the dis
like acknowledged by-se- ~retdcentr a man as
Count Moltke, to exist among all foreign
nations against Germans and Germany there
is the uncertainty, of politics at the death OF
the reigning Emperor. Can these things be
without a disturbing effect upon the eco
nonical state of the country al
All this however is mentioned merely IN
passing as concerning questions exceedingly
interesting In themselves, but not In imme-
diate connection with our special interests.
NY real purpose. is to shew, that one of the.
general facts exhibited by Mr., Wibrandt
stands in reality, although not directly, IN q
not inconsiderable relation to our question
of the prospects of c~ane-Sugar there Is a
natural connection. between the production
of sugar and the production of corn. Both
articles require the occupation of an extensive
area of the surface Of the soil, and q certain
amount of labour, but with this difference,
that the beet-root requires a better quality OF
soil and a more careful tillage, consequently
q heavier outlay, which however is partly
regained by the improvement OF the land
through the pulverization of the soil and, the
fertilizing quality of the ofals, Now, indie
pendentIy of other distinctive circumstances.
such as the necessity, where the. land Is divl-
ded among many proprietors, OF getting these
to unite iii sufficient numbers to warrant the
establishment and maintenance of costly and
expensive works, it is evident. both that
the soil and labour made use of in raising
beets, diminishes the field for corn-cultiva-
ton; and that as a rule an agriculturist will
retain his own free action, in, preference to
submitting it to the direction and control of
others, unless the repugnance be overcome by
a price for the product surprising what he
would get by devoting himself to another pro-
duction, let us say of corn What regulates
these prices, is here as in all cases, the relation
between supply and demand, and if the latter
is continually increasing without a CORES
ponding increase of the former, the conse-
auence must be, either q diminished use of the
article or, if the demand ntlnu the same,
q rise Of the price, which again, wherever and
as long as the possibility of the production IS,
ira ;tlcally speaking unLMnlI0o, would ieao
to renewed extended production But it has
been shown, that in the case of corn the
increase of production, which Is the same as
the increase of supply, does not keep pace
with the increase of the population, which is
the increase of demand. At the same time
we need not be told, that the use of food, of
corn can be diminished, but only to a limited
extent that limit is soon reached, and when
that limit Is reached, it must with irresistible
force have the effect of raising the price of
corn, consequently the changing of q certain
quantity of land from beetroot cultivation to
the production of human food, until sugar
reaches SO high q price, as to reverse the
situation. Of this however. there is no pro-
liability; for as Ihave already once mentioned,
and as you in a leader of later date have
strongly pointed out, there can be no doubt,
that as soon as O. noticeable rise in the price
of sugar shews itself in consequence, of the
expected diminished offer of beet-sugar, g.
gradual Of cane cultivation will APP
pear Not many days ago l received from q
perfectly reliable source, q resident of Man
xanillo in the South East of Cuba, q 'speci-
hcation Of the crops Of ten. Estates situated
in that district, the result of which was for
the ten Estates 263, 734 quintals, equal to
shout 5000 hhds. they don 'thowever. pack
taeir sugar ia hhds., but In bags) which IL
expected to be exceeded in the next crop,
The writer states. that on those Estates,
that are provided with the most perfect ma